Records of the Melbourne University Evangelical Union
- AU AU-MTC 242
- Collection
- 1930-2009
Melbourne University Evangelical Union
Records of the Melbourne University Evangelical Union
Melbourne University Evangelical Union
Records of the National Council of Women of NSW, Inc.
The National Council of Women of New South Wales was established at a meeting held on 26 June 1896. The objects of the Council were to promote:
Andrews, Mary Maria
Records of the Women's World Day of Prayer
The Women's World Day of Prayer originated in the US after the Civil War, starting in 1887 as a day of prayer for home missions and taking its approximate modern form in 1920. Traditionally held on the first Friday in March, the Day proper consists of a worldwide day of ecumenical affirmation and prayer along with the conduction of specially prepared services (these services were often developed by a single national committee for use worldwide).
National and regional committees were responsible for the preparation and distribution of WWDoP materials. Mary Andrews served as National Liaison Officer from 1978 to 1984(approx.) and was designated as Regional Representative on the International Executive from 1982. She was a member of the NSW state committee from 1977 (or earlier) untill her death. She was also Secretary of the National Executive Committee circa 1985. The 1986 World Day of Prayer was held in Australia, and this series includes some preparatory materials.
Andrews, Mary Maria
Records of various women's organisations with which Mary Andrews was associated
This series contains a variety of paperwork relating to women's organisations in which Mary Andrews was involved or interested. It includes religious (charitable, ecumenical and political) organisations as well as nonreligious charitable and advocacy organisations.
Individual organisations with large quantities of associated paperwork have been assigned separate series, as has the collection of organisations that were not specifically related to women.
Mary Andrews had been involved with many of these organisations for decades; however, for the majority of them her involvement increased noticeably following her retirement in 1975.
Andrews, Mary Maria
Records relating to Deaconess House, women students and women deacons
Correspondence, reports and meeting minutes relating to the training of women for the diaconate, and the relationship between Moore Theological College and Deaconess House.
Moore Theological College
Rector's Letter and event invitations
St John's Church, Darlinghurst
The series includes photocopies of journal articles and chapters from books used in research on religious and linguistic topics.
Maclaurin, Edward Colin Briarcliffe
This series comprises two (2) booklets published by the National Institute for Visual Learning entitled Controlled Visualisation, Volumes 1 and 2, a scrapbook of news clippings on various subjects arranged alphabetically, collected print material relating to Confirmation.
Davison, Herbert Henry
This series contains short publications, articles, and coursework material - mostly theological - on a range of topics of interest to Mary Andrews. Some of them were originally separated and presented as coherent courses of study, but others have been compiled from disparate corners of the collection during the sorting phase.
Ordination of Women Background Material: Theological and sociological articles and reports, along with some pertinent news stories, debating the propriety of including women in ordained ministry.
Christian Counselling Correspondence Course: Run by the Christian Counselling Institute, taking the form of loose papers divided into ten lessons by blue separators. Mary Andrews may have taken this course in 1970 (according to the date on the attached cover letter) or examined it for potential use in the Deaconess House. Deaconess Andrews extended the Deaconess House curriculum to include lectures in counselling from government departments and Sydney University staff following a trip to the UK in 1958-9 in which she researched training methods.
Reports on Ministry and Missiology: Booklets and single articles from a variety of sources, many of them ecumenical. Some of these were most likely received as readings to inform the topics of discussion at conferences attended by Deaconess Andrews run by the World Council of Churches, Church Women United, and other similar organisations. Contents include sociological, theological and creative analyses of world evangelisation.
Short Guides: Short articles from a wide range of sources that contain concrete guides for the content of prayer or preaching.
*Samuel Marsden in New Zealand: Articles, book extracts and press clippings relating to Samuel Marsden's trip to Matauri Bay in 1814 and its 175th anniversary in 1989.
Andrews, Mary Maria